Naatlo
Naatlo is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Jonathan A. Coddington in 1986.
Behaviour
They use their web as a high speed slingshot to actively hunt for prey. Spiders in the genus have been observed to slingshot themselves at speeds exceeding 1.0m/s with accelerations exceeding 250m/s2.Species
it contains seven species, found in South America, Panama, Costa Rica, on Tobago, and Trinidad:- Naatlo fauna – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
- Naatlo maturaca Rodrigues & Lise, 2008 – Brazil
- Naatlo mayzana Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 – Ecuador
- Naatlo serrana Rodrigues & Lise, 2008 – Brazil
- Naatlo splendida – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil.
- Naatlo sutila Coddington, 1986 – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Peru, Brazil, Argentina
- Naatlo sylvicola – Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana